Category: Children’s Literature
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 25: Roses of Joy
The day before Rebecca started for the South with Miss Maxwell she was in the library with Emma Jane and Huldah, consulting dictionaries and encyclopedias. As they were leaving they passed the locked cases containing the library of fiction, open to the teachers and townspeople, but forbidden to the students. They looked longingly through the…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 16 Jimmy Skunk Is Surprised
Jimmy Skunk Is Surprised Audio Jimmy Skunk ambled along the Crooked Little Path down the hill. He didn’t hurry because Jimmy doesn’t believe in hurrying. The only time he ever hurries is when he sees a fat beetle trying to get out of sight. Then Jimmy does hurry. But just now he didn’t see any fat beetles,…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter XI CURED AT LAST
Chapter XI CURED AT LAST “How do you feel now?” Aunt Polly Woodchuck asked Solomon Owl, when he had come back to her house after a week’s absence. “No better!” he groaned. “I still have pains. But they seem to have moved and scattered all over me.” “Good!” she exclaimed with a smile. “You are…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 24: Aladdin Rubs His Lamp
“Your esteemed contribution entitled Wareham Wildflowers has been accepted for The Pilot, Miss Perkins,” said Rebecca, entering the room where Emma Jane was darning the firm’s stockings. “I stayed to tea with Miss Maxwell, but came home early to tell you.” “You are joking, Becky!” faltered Emma Jane, looking up from her work. “Not a…
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Peter and Polly Series: The Dog on the Ice Cake
THE DOG ON THE ICE CAKE One morning father called, ” Wake up, P0U7! Wake up!” “I am awake, father,” said Polly. “Why?” ” The ice on the river is breaking. After breakfast we will go down and watch it.” ” Oh, goody, goody ! ” cried Polly. Peter said, “Then we can’t skate anymore.”…
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The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad Chapter 15 Old Mr. Toad Gives Peter a Scare
Old Mr. Toad Gives Peter a Scare Audio If you play pranks on other folksYou may be sure that theyWill take the first chance that they getA joke on you to play. Old Mr. Toad was getting even with Peter for laughing at him. While Peter’s back had been turned, Old Mr. Toad had disappeared.…
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Peter and Polly (In Spring)
PETER AND POLLY This book is about Polly Howe when she was eight years old. It is about her brother Peter, too. It is about Wag-wag. He is Peter’s dog. And about Brownie. She is a pony. Then there is Tim, a httle boy who lives near Peter. Tim’s dog is named Collie. Look at…
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The Tale of Solomon Owl Chapter X A TROUBLESOME WISHBONE
Chapter X A TROUBLESOME WISHBONE Solomon Owl had pains–sharp pains–underneath his waistcoat. And not knowing what else to do, he set off at once for Aunt Polly Woodchuck’s house under the hill, in the pasture, which he had not visited since the previous fall. Luckily, he found the old lady at home. And quickly he…
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Chapter 23: The Hill Difficulty
The first happy year at Wareham, with its widened skyline, its larger vision, its greater opportunity, was over and gone. Rebecca had studied during the summer vacation, and had passed, on her return in the autumn, certain examinations which would enable her, if she carried out the same program the next season, to complete the…
